BEST WAYS TO IMPROVE HOSPITALIST-NURSING COLLABORATION
“A good portion of nurses are relationship builders,” says Beck, director of critical-care services at Nebraska Medical Center. She urges hospitalists on a new job to just “be physically present, in the beginning, on inpatient units” whenever possible. “Acting like you care is really important, and nurses will respond to that,” she says. “You can create an environment in which nurses’ feedback is valued.”
She also recommends, especially for new hospitalists, Dr. Peter J. Pronovost’s three-part talk “The Science of Safety,” delivered to incoming residents at Johns Hopkins University Medical Center in Baltimore, where Dr. Provonost is medical director of the quality and safety research group.—GH